Akai Miniak Editor Gets Update

HyperSynth has released a v2 update to its Miniak-editor, a Windows software editor for controlling the Akai Miniak synthesizer in your DAW.

Miniak-editor can retrieve presets from Miniak memory or load them from hard drive into the editor. You can send a complete program to Miniak via sysex or change any parameter of synthesizer in real time.

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Is This The Future Of Synth Patch Editing?

iPad Music Software: Federico Solazzo created this iPad interface for his Studio Electronics ATC-Xi synthesizer using TouchOSC on the iPad.

Interface Notes:

  • Blue: OSC section
  • Purple: VCF section
  • Green: LFO section
  • Red: master section

By exposing most of the synth’s parameters via a multi-touch screen, the TouchOSC interface makes patch editing tactile and fast.

It’s still a beta version, but the video below offers a preview of the potential of Salazzo’s interface, and of this approach to patch editing and sound mangling: Continue reading

Roland Intros GAIA Synthesizer Sound Designer For Windows, Mac

Roland has introduced GAIA Synthesizer Sound Designer, a software-based editor application for the GAIA SH-01 Synthesizer.

Compatible with both Windows and Mac OS X, the GAIA Synthesizer Sound Designer allows users to access the GAIA synth?s entire set of sound parameters visually, via a computer. Continue reading